[DeTomaso] NPC- POCA Account Balance (was Reno Fernley Raceway)
Mark Charlton
pantera01826 at rogers.com
Wed May 6 20:39:27 EDT 2015
Well spoken Julian, and I completely agree with your sentiments.
Mark Charlton
pantera01826 at rogers.com
On May 6, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Marshall/Boyd,
>
>
> My apologies for the delayed response; I am truly humbled by your
> support and the notion that you feel I am qualified to run for office
> simply through my 'antics' on this email forum. It is easy to sit here
> in the void that is the internet with a keyboard, fumbled fingers and
> spellchecker to come up with written drivel that is critical, (perhaps
> even sometimes a little inflammatory) or humorous. Actually scratch the
> last one; no one ever gets my British humor!
>
>
> Currently the demands of my job don't permit me a lot of spare time; if
> they did then I'd have no excuse for why neither of my Pantera's is
> currently running! There's also the fact that I'm currently working on
> assignment outside the US, making adequate representation of the club
> somewhat challenging. I fully agree that one way to effect influence is
> from the inside and perhaps at some point in the future I will 'put my
> money where my mouth is' and consider a more active role if the level
> of member support to do so is there. For now I feel comfortable in
> being able to hide north of the border and throw the occasional [DEL:
> rock :DEL] snowball into the conversation!
>
>
> I would like to say that we the members (and I am as guilty as the
> next) are often quick to decry efforts of the elected board members,
> who are after all just like the rest of us; car enthusiasts first and
> foremost and secondly we did vote them into their position. As with
> many leadership roles, the negative sells news and the positive gets
> diluted, so I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that I have
> seen positive and encouraging moves of late from the POCA leadership.
> The move toward electronic voting, the willingness of some board
> members to openly discuss the balance sheet etc. all speaks to a more
> open board becoming better in touch with the membership.
>
>
> In my experience transparency is one the single biggest attributes to
> successful leadership, put simply, it is the easiest way to build
> trust.
>
>
> I often reflect on when I purchased my first Pantera, attracted to it
> for the car that we all have an affinity to, at that time oblivious to
> the existence of any sort of club. Be assured that much of the reason I
> have owned a Pantera so long (and owned three at one time) is the
> friendship and camaraderie it has brought; as they say, that is
> priceless.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Julian
>
>> Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 12:56:59 -0700
>> From: marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC- POCA Account Balance (was Reno Fernley
> Raceway)
>> To: julian_kift at hotmail.com; boyd411 at gmail.com
>> CC: detomaso at poca.com; audionut at hushmail.com
>>
>> I agree with you Hugh. Julian would have the backing and support of
> most if not all of the San Diego Panteras chapter.
>>
>> Marshall Smith
>> President, San Diego Panteras
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Sat, 5/2/15, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC- POCA Account Balance (was Reno Fernley
> Raceway)
>> To: "Julian Kift" <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>> Cc: "Marshall Smith" <marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net>, "De Tomaso List"
> <detomaso at poca.com>, "audionut at hushmail.com" <audionut at hushmail.com>
>> Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015, 8:36 AM
>>
>> I would
>> respectfully suggest that anyone unhappy with the current
>> state of affairs take steps to change things ,which means
>> running for office or nominating a candidate who you feel
>> shares your views and will implement them if elected and
>> organizing a campaign. It will probably take more than one
>> seat on the board to effect any meaningful change. It does
>> seem like the activities of the poca board are treated more
>> like the CIA then a mere car club. Julian if you were to
>> chose to undertake such an effort I would support you and
>> your efforts.
>> Hugh Boyd
>> Casey
>> On Sat,
>> May 2, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> Is
>> that true, doesn't POCA publish an annual income
>> statement where the
>>
>> health of the bank account would be disclosed?
>>
>> Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 23:15:24 -0700
>>
>> From: marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net
>>
>> To: detomaso at poca.com;
>> audionut at hushmail.com
>>
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC- Reno Fernley Raceway
>>
>> Wow....you of all people Jack.
>>
>> I bet those club boards don't keep the balance of their
>> reserves secret from the
>>
>> ir members nor have to admonish one of their board members
>> for disclosing that b
>>
>> alance to a member.
>>
>>
>>
>> Marshall Smith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
>>
>>
>>
>> <div>-------- Original message
>> --------</div><div>From: Jack DeRyke via
>> DeTomaso
>>
>> <detomaso at poca.com>
>> </div><div>Date:04/30/2015 5:40 PM
>> (GMT-08:00) </div><div
>>
>>> To: audionut at hushmail.com,
>> detomaso at poca.com
>> </div><div>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso]
>>
>> NPC- Reno Fernley Raceway </div><div>
>>
>> </div>Oh,, lets see... Porsche, Ferrari, several more
>> with 10X the funds we have
>>
>> . Higher dues, too.
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>> Sent using Hushmail
>>
>> On April 30, 2015 at 2:53 PM, "marshall
>> smith"
>>
>> <marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Reduced dues or lower Fun Rally fees comes to
>> mind.
>>
>> What car club needs $125K cash in their account?
>>
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